טראָפּן

Yiddish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtrɔpn̩/, /ˈtrɔpm̩/

Etymology 1

From Middle High German tropfen, tropfe, from Old High German tropfo, from Proto-West Germanic *dropō, from Proto-Germanic *drupô. Compare German Tropfen.

Noun

טראָפּן • (tropn) m, plural טראָפּנס (tropns), diminutive טראָפּל (tropl) or טראָפּקעלע (tropkele)

  1. drop (of liquid)
    Synonym: קאַפּ (kap)
  2. glob (of daub)
    Synonym: שמיר (shmir)
  3. globule
    Synonym: קײַלעכל (kaylekhl)
Derived terms
  • אַ טראָפּן אין ים (a tropn in yam, “a drop in the ocean”)
  • אײַזטראָפּן (ayztropn, “icicle, stalactite”)
  • ביטערער טראָפּן (biterer tropn, “(humorous) spirit, brandy, booze”)
  • בלוטטראָפּן (bluttropn), בלוטסטראָפּן (blutstropn, “blood drop; Adonis palaestina”)
  • האַרץ־טראָפּן (harts-tropn, “heart drop”)
  • וואַלעריאַן־טראָפּן (valeryan-tropn, “valerian drops (Dutch valeriaandruppels)”)
  • וואַסערטראָפּן (vasertropn, “water drop”)
  • ווי צוויי טראָפּנס וואַסער (vi tsvey tropns vaser, “spitting image”)
  • טוי־טראָפּן (toy-tropn, “dewdrop”)
  • טראָפּן רעגן (tropn regn, “raindrop”)
  • שאָקאָלאַד־טראָפּקעלע (shokolad-tropkele)
References
  • Justus van de Kamp et al., “טראָפּן” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “drop”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN

Etymology 2

טראָפּ (trop) +‎ ־ן (-n).

Noun

טראָפּן • (tropn) pl

  1. plural of טראָפּ (trop)
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